. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/OMN/129 
31 October 2011  
 (11-5457) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  OMAN  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:    
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Ministry of Commerce & Industry 
Directorate General for Standards and Metrology P.O. Box:  550, Postal Code: 113 Tel.:  +(968) 2481 3832 +(968) 2471 5992 E-mail:  nepic@business.gov.om  
Website:  http://www.mocioman.gov.om  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Road vehicles - Brake 
linings frictions materials. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  "Road vehicles - Brake 
linings frictions materials - Visu al inspection" (57 pages in Ar abic, and 42 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  Final Draft Omani/GSO technical regulation concerns with Brake 
linings frictions materials. Friction linings are composite materials with complex structure. Due to their composition and their production pro cess, visual appearance characteristics can 
occur which in a precisely define d design are to be regarded as  specific to the product. This 
Omani/Gulf draft technical regulation define s visual aspect for the identification and 
assessment of such product characteristics in quality assurance, as well as a basis for 
commercial and technical agreements. The sequenc e of the product charac teristics represents 
no order of priority. The brake linings are insp ected in the “as supplie d” condition, meaning 
unused. In some characteristic features, there are differences between brake linings with an 
effective lining pad surface <120 cm2 and W 120 cm2. The acceptance criteria within the 
International Standard do not allow any charac teristics which could impair the function and 
performance of brake linings and are applied unless there are other agreements between the 
customer and the supplier.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer safety  G/TBT/N/OMN/129 
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  8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Not yet determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date  of circulation.  
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
National Enquiry Point and Information Centre (NEPIC) 
P.O. Box:  550 Postal code:  113 Muscat Sultanate of Oman Tel.:  +(968) 2481 7252 Fax:  +(968) 2481 7040 
Email:  nepic@business.gov.om  
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